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<blockquote data-quote="Hunting the yellow" data-source="post: 106860" data-attributes="member: 68"><p>latest find to date was a 12gram nugget found with a garrett AT GOLD detector so hear i was 1 day exploreing this very unknown gold field in the north east i decided i would catch a train from home up to a old town build while the gold rush was on anyway i got off at this stop and rid by bike 14kms from the train st to where i expected to find gold the ride was peacefull except for the hills i rid up with my detector and back pack on my back i got to my destnation at around 12pm took me 1 hour and 20 mins to get there i decided i would detect a few old hut sites i in about 5mins i found several targets 1 was a old fog watch cog and 2 old bottons and one siver botton and a old miners pick i also found a 1948 penny coin after finding all these good relics i then came accross some old diggings and water races i decided i would try the water race first the first target was a bit of rusty sheet metal the second target was gold my 12gram nugget first words worere wow i was jumping and i looked like a clown not that anyone saw me but lol so i put my 12gram nugget in a container and put it in my detector bag i then went 14kms back to the train st to go home it cost me only $2.20 to get my 12gram nugget a week later i went back and near the same spot by car i found a 8 gramer so i raked a small area and found another 1.6 gram nugget mum and couldent belive that i had found the 12gram nugget just a few weeks after owning a detector i still go back to this area to this day but havent found any gold since then will have pics soon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hunting the yellow, post: 106860, member: 68"] latest find to date was a 12gram nugget found with a garrett AT GOLD detector so hear i was 1 day exploreing this very unknown gold field in the north east i decided i would catch a train from home up to a old town build while the gold rush was on anyway i got off at this stop and rid by bike 14kms from the train st to where i expected to find gold the ride was peacefull except for the hills i rid up with my detector and back pack on my back i got to my destnation at around 12pm took me 1 hour and 20 mins to get there i decided i would detect a few old hut sites i in about 5mins i found several targets 1 was a old fog watch cog and 2 old bottons and one siver botton and a old miners pick i also found a 1948 penny coin after finding all these good relics i then came accross some old diggings and water races i decided i would try the water race first the first target was a bit of rusty sheet metal the second target was gold my 12gram nugget first words worere wow i was jumping and i looked like a clown not that anyone saw me but lol so i put my 12gram nugget in a container and put it in my detector bag i then went 14kms back to the train st to go home it cost me only $2.20 to get my 12gram nugget a week later i went back and near the same spot by car i found a 8 gramer so i raked a small area and found another 1.6 gram nugget mum and couldent belive that i had found the 12gram nugget just a few weeks after owning a detector i still go back to this area to this day but havent found any gold since then will have pics soon [/QUOTE]
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